On 5/27/2015 11:42 AM, Lawrence Yates wrote: > No, it doesn't affect your Finale at all. I did the cross grade to try out > Sibelius, didn't like it and have continued to use Finale, using Sibelius > only when I have to, for example, when students give me work in Sib. >
I on the other hand did the cross-grade back with Sibelius version 2.11 and never really attempted to learn it. Then I upgraded to version 3 and started to learn it a bit, moreso with version 4, then with version 5 I kicked myself in the butt and told myself to stop trying to make it "finale-east" and learn it as if it were a totally different and brand-new program, which I did and I have never looked back. I've kept up with upgrades to Finale but I start almost every new project in Sibelius these days (using version 7.1 -- I didn't find the switch to the "ribbon" interface all that difficult). And don't fail to check out MuseScore version 2 -- it has come a long way towards being very stiff competition for Sibelius and Finale for many music engraving needs. But to answer Neal's question -- you can continue to be a Finale user and continue to upgrade both Finale and Sibelius as you wish once you do the cross-grade. -- David H. Bailey [email protected] http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
